Spicy Chana Lauki

Recipe

Ingredients (servings for 4)

• 1/ 2 kg lauki
• Tomato Pury of 2 tomatoes
• 1 medium size chopped onion
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• 1 tsp chopped green chili
• 4 tsp chana dal soaked for 30 minutes
• 1 tsp dhania powder
• 1/2 tsp haldi
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 3 tsp oil
• 1 tsp cumin/jeera
• 1 tsp chopped green coriander
• Salt according to taste

Method

• Heat oil in the cooker add jeera, garlic and ginger.
• After 15 sec add green chili with onion.
• After 1 minute add soaked chana dal into the cooker and roast it for 2 minutes.
• Add all the masala's , salt and tomato pury to it.
• Saute it till it leaves oil in the cooker,then add chopped lauki into it.Add water and close the lid of the cooker.
• Keep it on slow flame.As it has chana dal so it will require time to cook, atleast 5-6 whistle will be required ,if not cooked increase the number of whistles.when it is done garnish it with coriander green.

Server it hot. Very healthy and delicious too.

Spicy Hot Chicken Curry

Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 kg chicken
• 10-12 garlic cloves chopped
• 2 teaspoon full of chopped ginger
• 2 medium size onion finely chopped
• 6-7 kaju/cashew nuts
• 4 medium size tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon full saunff
• 4 tsp oil
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tsp dhania powder
• 1/2 tsp haldi/ tumeric
• 1 tsp meat masala
• 2 tsp green chilli chopped
• 2 tsp chopped coriander green
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash the chicken properly and marinate it in the grinded mixture of ( 1 tsp ginger, 6 cloves of garlic , 1 tsp green chilli, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp dhania powder and 1 tsp salt ) for half an hour.
• To the heated pan add oil add rest of the garlic , ginger and green chilli chopped, then add chopped onion.when it is golden add marinated chicken to it and cook it for at least 15 minutes,add 1 tsp coriander green and rest of masala's while cooking.
• In a grinder add tomatoes, saunff and kaju and grind them all and when chicken is fried add this paste to it.
• Cook them for 10 more minutes and add 1 cup water.
• When it is done garnish it with chopped coriander green.